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Lindero Canyon Middle
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CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lindero Canyon Middle
Located at 5844 Larboard Ln., in Agoura, California, Lindero Canyon Middle is a medium-sized junior high that caters to 795 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Las Virgenes Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 659.
Las Virgenes Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,754 students; Lindero Canyon Middle is among them.
In terms of who attends, Lindero Canyon Middle records that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Lindero Canyon Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lindero Canyon Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 63.2%, a residual of +0.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Lindero Canyon Middle is one.
Yerba Buena Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lindero Canyon Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lindero Canyon Middle at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 71.4%.
Lindero Canyon Middle operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lindero Canyon Middle has edged down 19%, going from 983 students in 2018 to 795 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 75% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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